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On this Day April 20: Republicans outlawed the Ku Klux Klan
GRAND OLD PARTISAN ^ | 4/20/08 | Michael Zak

Posted on 04/20/2008 5:42:38 AM PDT by paltz

For decades after the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan was the terrorist wing of the Democratic Party. Klansmen murdered hundreds of Republican activists and office-holders, including U.S. Representative James Hinds (R-Arkansas).

On this day in 1871, the Republican-controlled 42nd Congress passed and the Republican President, Ulysses Grant, signed into law the Ku Klux Klan Act. The law banned the KKK and other Democrat terrorist organizations. President Grant then deployed federal troops to crush a Klan uprising in South Carolina.

Eleven years later, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned most provisions of the Act. Though legalized, this original version of the Ku Klux Klan faded. Why? Because as Democrats regained control over southern state governments, they could oppress African-Americans openly, without need of sheets. See

www.republicanbasics.com for more information.


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; gop; kkk; zak

1 posted on 04/20/2008 5:42:38 AM PDT by paltz
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To: paltz

Outlaw what’s left of the KKK, the Democrat Party.


2 posted on 04/20/2008 5:44:11 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: paltz

“The Aryan Nation and the KKK were completely seperate and it would be eroneous to lump them together. Most members are peacful and its only the violence of a few extremists. We shouldn’t judge the whole movement by those violent few”

/sarc off

Hey the exact same above logic works for Islam in the PC/MSM world.


3 posted on 04/20/2008 5:47:48 AM PDT by festus (Fred Thompson '08)
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To: paltz
For decades after the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan was the terrorist wing of the Democratic Party.

More like for a century.

4 posted on 04/20/2008 5:49:40 AM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: paltz
Lest we forget...
5 posted on 04/20/2008 5:54:48 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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bttt


6 posted on 04/20/2008 7:47:58 AM PDT by Matchett-PI (Proud member of "Operation Chaos" having the T-shirt , ball cap and bumpersticker to prove it.)
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To: Fred Nerks

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7 posted on 04/21/2008 11:13:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_____________________Profile updated Saturday, March 29, 2008)
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